by Susan Foley | Feb 20, 2019 | Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Innovation, Internal Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Risk, Success
According to research Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) is the cornerstone of innovation success for organizations. EO is defined as the degree of risk-taking, innovativeness, and proactiveness in a company. Organizations that have successfully developed...
by Susan Foley | Mar 13, 2018 | Business Growth, Competencies, Competitive, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Innovation, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leaders, millennial, Risk, Talent
Innovation and growth are the critical factors behind the interest in Intrapreneurship. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you can’t have either without the right talent. Finding the right talent to achieve innovation and growth is what is proving to be...
by Susan Foley | Aug 17, 2017 | Alignment, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial, Internal Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Social Intrapreneurs
Intrapreneurs are ordinary individuals that do extraordinary things. Many of the individuals that have become successful intrapreneurs never set out to be one. They never thought of themselves as an intrapreneur until they became aware of the term itself –...
by Susan Foley | Jul 25, 2017 | Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Internal Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Success
Ten years ago I set out to understand who corporate entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs were, how they were different and why it was important. At the time there was no empirical data that adequately described who these individuals were. There was no consensus in the...
by Susan Foley | Jul 20, 2017 | Alignment, Change, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs
After years of working with corporate entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs and entrepreneurial leaders it has become very clear that these individuals have a key differentiation. They are in alignment with who they are not what the organization wants them to be. By being true...
by Susan Foley | Jun 28, 2017 | CEO, Change, Change Agents, Commitment, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Innovation, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Self-awareness, Strategy, Transformative
We spoke with senior executives who had built million and billion dollar businesses for their organizations. They shared with us some of the insights and lessons learned from those experiences and they spoke about the challenges and obstacles that got in their way. A...
